Paintbox



June 21, 194%, LAZARE 2,473,532

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Patented June 21, 1949 3 Claims. 1

There are many types of paint boxes with and without metal partitions, for water colour paints. These boxes generally comprise several separate parts, isolated from each other, and wherein the cover of the box forms the palette.

Although they are of a convenient and prac tical conception, these boxes have all possibility of deterioration which could detract from their continued operation and use. Actually in this type of box, water is constantly used and it is because of the penetration thereof into the nuts and. hinges that there is inevitably oxidation and disintegration of the pins of the hinges. These become jammed by the oxidation on the hinges and the opening and closing of the box then becomes difficult and may lead to the breaking of the hinges. The box then becomes useless.

Again, it is necessary to realise that the cleaning of the palette is usually performed with an abundance of water and that the palette is always integral with the other parts of the box so that the water played over it is a further tendency to cause oxidation of the hinges.

These principal drawbacks to paint boxes with metallic walls are now completely avoided by the present invention which consists essentially of the construction of a paint box for water colours made in several parts having the particular property of being optionally integralised with each other in their normal position of rest and use and not possessing any hinge or strap which would prevent their separation when required.

This efiect, obtained it is thought for the first time in a paint box of this nature, characterises and is thought to justify the protection of the invention.

This colour box is shown in the accompanying drawings given for ease of understanding of its use and equally to serve as a non-limiting example of its manner of execution.

In these drawings- Figure 1 shows a face view of the member containing the colours and the brushes; Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken at the line II-II, of the member shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 shows with the same conditions of illustration as Fig. 1, the member constituting the palette and the cover of the box; Fig. 4 is a transverse section following the line IV-IV of the members shown in Fig. 3; Fig. 5

shows the position of each of the principal members of this box in the opening position; Fig. 6 shows, to a larger scale, the box completely open in its position of use; Fig. 7 shows a face view of an alternative construction of the member containing the colours and the brushes; Fig. 8

NITED STATES PATENT PAINTBOX Philippe Lazare, Marseille, France Application May 8, 1947, Serial No. 746,769 In France June 3, 1946 OFFICE shows an elevation of a section, taken at the line VIIIVIII, of the construction shown in Fig. 7; Fig. 9 shows with the same conditions of illustration as Fig. 7 an alternative construction of the member constituting the palette and the cover 01" the box; Fig. 10 shows an elevation of a section taken at the line XX of the construction shown in Fig. 9; Fig. 11 shows a perspective view of the alternative construction completely open in its position of use.

In the first example shown the member I in Fig. 1 is preferably made of pressed metal to the form and dimensions required to constitute the paint box in which are placed the colours 2. blocks, tubes or the like with a case 3 to receive the brushes, pencils and other similar requirements. This member is furnished with two small pivots or studs 4 and 5 serving as fasteners and as means of movement of one member on the other.

A hole 6 allows the insertion of the thumb of the artist when the box is in use as in Fig. 6.

The colours 2 could again be disposed in a second support I fitting exactly into the member I. This support 1 shown in broken lines in Fig. 2, is provided for the assistance of the artist who can thereby use the box with special decorating colours for workshop use or with ordinary colours for nature studies or again immediately convert his box from water colours to oil colours by placing the tubes on the member I.

The removal of the support I facilitates the cleaning of member I.

Member 8, shown in Figs. 3 and 4, constitutes both the cover of member I and the palette. For this purpose, its surface could have any reliefs, hollows or partitions required for its use and is shown in this construction with a dished portion 9. This member contains holes 4a and 5a. of a suitable shape corresponding to the pivots l and 5 and the hole Ba corresponding to the part 6.

By the special construction of the two main members I and 8 it is immediately seen how easy it is for the artist to open, close and use this box as in the position shown in Fig. 6. The box forms a single unit which permits him to work with a maximum of rigidity between the box and the palette which always remains in the horizontal. The box permits the complete separation of the member 8 constituting the palette and the member l for cleaning without this cleaning affecting the colours contained in the member I.

The invention is thus characterised by the use, thought to be for the first time, of a paint box for water colours in two principal members, the

EESUED replaced by slideways Ill in Figs. 9 and 10 and 11. The slideways H) are provided on the member 8 which still forms the cover of the box when it occupies the position shown in broken line in Fig. 8, the palette, by being inverted, occupying the position shown in Fig. 11.

This variation of construction retains-the features of the invention in that the paint box-has several members which can be separated.

The members constituting this paint box could be-made-'of any suitable material, besides metal,

and-more particularly opaque, translucent or transparentplastic materials ofthe type men tiQned'intheFren-ch Patent No. 908,936 of February-$1945, of the same'inventor.

"This-specific construction of the paint box in severalmembers which can be separated justifies once=more the protection of the invention, no matterin'whatmanner they are executed provided that they remain within the scope of the inventionwhich has just been described.

I'claim:

L A paint-b'oxcomprisinga body to receive brushes and-"- colour materials, longitudinal reeesses thereinto house the said brushes and colou-ri materiais; a thumb hole therein to permit therinse'rtion of the thumb for holdin thebox,

at:removable cover member pivoted thereto, a pivot stud at one'extremityof the box on which the cover member can pivot to expose the contents of 'the -boxg a slotted hole in said cover member to engage .with' the 'stud' and-which can be released therefromto'permitremoval f the cover, a secondr'stud-atthe other extremity of the box, a tapered slot in' the said cover member to engage releasablyl-therewithand serving to retain the coverrwhenrin closed position, a thumb-hole in the cover forinsertion of the thumb for holding the cover, anda dished'portion in the said cover tor receivepaintingmaterials, the cover member being removable from the box to permit it inversion. andreattachment in the inverted position to the box by the engagement of the said tapered slotvwith'uthe"second stud whereby the thumb holes oftthe'; box and cover member may be brou'ght into a corresponding position in which the'thumb' can be placed therein to hold both box and: covenmember.

21M paintbox' comprising a body to receive brushes and": colour materials, longitudinal recesses therein toxhouse the said brushes: and coloummaterials; a thumbhole at one extremityof said bodyptowpermit the insertion of the thumb tori-holding the-box, a removable cover member pivotedrthereto, a pivot stud arranged centrally at one-extremityof the box about which the cover member can bezpivoted to permit exposure of the .contents'of the box," a longitudinally slotted hole in said cover member to engage with the said stud and which can be released therefrom to permit removal of the cover member from the box, a second stud disposed to one side at the other extremity of the box, a transverse tapered slot in the said cover member to engage releasably therewith and serving to retain the cover member when in closed position, a thumb hole in the cover member disposed so as to correspond with the thumb hole of the box when the cover member i is in the closed position and a dished portion on the inner side of said cover member to receive I further painting materials, the cover member being normallyretained on the box by the engagement of the two said slots therein arranged at right-angles and engaging with the pivot stud and. second stud, and said cover member being releasable by pivoting about the said pivot stud to disengage from the second stud to permit the inversion of the cover member and its reattachment to the box by engagement of the tapered transverse slot with thesecond stud, whereby the thumbholes in the-box and cover member may be brought'intoacorresponding position in which the thumb may -be placed therethrough to hold the box and cover.

. 3. ma paint-box and palette combination, a container having an integral flange, a cover for said containerhaving a flange corresponding to that of. said'container adapted to be closely fitted on saidcontainer flange, a headed pivot stud on said container-flange perpendicular thereto on its longitudinal-axis, said cover flange having a first open slot along-oneend of its longitudinal axis to be engaged-by said headed pivot stud, a second headed stud perpendicular to said container flange on the end of said container flange on the end of said-container opposite said first pivot stud, a second open slot inl-thecover flange extending alongsthenarcxof a circle-having for its center the axis of said :-fi'rst,headed pivot stud, said second slot-=beingadapted to be guided on said second stud when said firstand second slots of said cover areto be-engaged on said studs, respectively, to close said. container; said second slot being engageable with saidsecond stud in the same direction but'with saidtcover turned upside down, said cover havingathumb hole for gripping the same in the end of said cover flange adjacent said second slot, said container having a corresponding. thumb 'hole for gripping the same in the end thereof adjacent said second headed stud and registering with said cover thumb hole for gripping both said container. and said cover simultaneously when .they are assembled in prolongation of one another, said cover being turned upside down.

.PHILIPPE LAZARE.

REFERENCES CITED The following referenlces are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITEDv STA-TES- PATENTS Number Name Date 743,269 Godin Nov. 3, 1903 r 2,064,241 Batdorf Dec. 15, 1936 2,165,345 Conway July 11, 1939 

